FS Impression Evidence

Which of the following CANNOT be determined from a person's shoe impressions?

• Age
• Body weight
• Surface the person walks on
• Activities of the wearer

why are bite marks solid individual evidence?  

• all bite marks are the same 
• most people have similar teeth and structure 
• the size and placement of teeth is very unique 

Tools and tool marks are often found at burglary scenes and can be useful evidence.  Proper evidence collection by the field investigator would include: 

• making test marks with the suspected tool onto a soft metal surface at the crime scene
• packing of tool and tool mark evidence together so that the crime lab personnel knows they are thought to be a matched set.
• reporting whether a tool found at the scene fit into the tool marks. 
• taking a photograph and cast of the marks, if necessary

Shoe and tire marks impressed into soft earth can be best preserved by: 

• photographing and casting with dental stone
• photographing and then use of the electrostatic lifting technique.
• It is not possible to accurately preserve such markings
• dusting with powder

How many teeth does a fully developed human adult normally have?

• 20
• 28
• 24
• 32

Forensic dentistry involves the study of teeth with the intention of providing facts to be used as evidence in court. What is another name for this field of study?

• forensic anthropology
• forensic odontology
• forensic palynology
• forensic entomology

which of the following are individual characteristics of tire treads? 

• size, type, and model.
  
• Wear and damage
• scent and color 

These teeth have the largest surface area with which to leave a potential bite, and they are located in the near the back.

• incisors
• premolars
• molars
• canines

A bloody shoe print is an example of a

• Patent impression

• Plastic impression

• Latent impression

• Virtual impression

A shoe print left in snow is an example of

• Patent impression

• Plastic impression

• Latent impression

• Virtual impression